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jReviews component for joomla

Review everything: movies, music, cars, restaurants, hotels, websites, software, mobile phones, service providers, recipes, travel, books, consumer electronics, articles, you name it
Custom fields in content & reviews: create custom forms for the main entry and also for user review.
Advanced search: allow users to search using the custom fields. Design custom search forms with the advanced search module.
Editor and user reviews: enable only editorial reviews, user reviews, both or none. If you disable reviews you can still take advantage of custom fields and advanced search.
Customizable templates: clear separation of code and template files allow for easier customization of jReviews.
Favorites lists: users can add and remove items to their favorites lists and share them with other users.
Web 2.0: use of ajax and other effects to improve the user experience.
Reviews RSS Feeds: propagate your review content throughout the web.
SEO Ready: friendly urls through the use of SEF extensions and a SEO Manager to adjust title, meta keywords and descriptions for custom fields.

Use it for user reviews, user & editor reviews or editor reviews only.
Define which users are to be considered editors or administrators can make any review an editor review.
Create multiple sets of rating criteria, assignable to content categories.
Select a rating scale of 1-5,1-10,1-100.
Review usefulness voting and inappropriate reporting.
User ranking based on number of reviews posted and usefulness.
New review notification.

Users can submit new items in any of the categories.
Allow anyone or just registered users to submit a review or an item. This can be automatically published or held for moderation.
Automatic thumbnails are generated for uploaded images and images are shown as mini-galleries for each content item.
New content notification.

Create multiple groups of custom fields, assignable to content categories for new content submissions.
Custom fields include: text, textarea, email, website, select list, integer, decimal, code – can be used for buy now buttons, multiple select list, checkboxes, radio buttons.
Easily assign images to custom fields with preset values (i.e. select lists, checkboxes and radio buttons)
Sort content lists on ascending/descending order based on standard content data (title, date, hits, author), on review information (user and editor ratings) and on custom fields (i.e. price)
Backend editor for custom fields makes it easy to add and edit custom fields for existing content
Place custom fields anywhere you want inside content items and content lists by adding the appropriate tags to the provided com_content template.

Allows users to search for items using the custom fields defined in the administration. These can be select lists, text inputs, etc.
The administrator can decide which fields should appear in the advanced search form.
There can be many different advanced search forms depending on the different forms you put together with the custom fields.

Create multiple directories by assigning categories to them. Each directory can be setup as a different menu on your site. This provides another level above sections to group and present content.
The directory layout is customizable in terms of section and category columns. Categories can be presented in bullet lists or separated by commas.

JReviews comes with a great set of modules and CB plugins to enhance the look and usability of your site.

Integration with Community Builder so user name always links back to profile and avatar is displayed with reviews and on user rank page.